Slot-machine.



No; 683,702. Patented on. I, l90I; .1. o. NIGHTINGALE.

SLOT MACHINE.- (Application filed m a, 1901.}

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SLOT MACHINE. (Application file d Kay 6, 1901.)

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ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH O. NIGHTINGALE, OF PATERSON, NEWV JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOMORTIMER INGLIS, OF SAME PLACE.

SLOT-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 683,702, dated October1,1901.

Application filed May a, 1901.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH O. NIGHTIN- GALE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing in Paterson, in the county of Passaic and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSlot-Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and tocharacters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to coin-controlled mechanism; and it consists inan improved construction of that class of mechanisms of this naturewhich are particularly adapted for the automatic dispensing of liquids.

The invention will be found fully illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, where- Figure 1 is a view of my improved mechanism seen fromone side thereof. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view on the line 00 :rin Fig. 1 and looking to the left in said figure. Fig. 3 is a view ofthe mechanism seen from the other side thereof, and Fig. 4 is a top planView.

In said drawings, a designates a substantially rectangular frame. Inthis frame is suspended another frame I), in which is journaled a shaft0. The ends of this shaft protrude through the frame, and one of themcarries a disk cl, having a notch or notches e, and the other of themcarries a cam or cams f, said disk and the cam or cams being rigidlymounted on the shaft. The shaft 0 is adapted to be driven from somesuitable motor. As shown in the drawings, this may be an ordinaryclock-motion, consisting of a main gear g, journaled on an arbor h andnormally actuated through the usual ratchet-and-pawl connection (notshown) by a spring t' and transmitting the power of said spring to theshaft 0 through a pinion j and a gear 70, which are mounted on an arborZ, said last-named gear meshing with a pinion m on said shaft 0.

'n designates a fan serving as a governor for the motor. This fan ismounted on an arbor o,which is connected with the gear Serial No.58,890. (No model.)

through the medium of a pinion p on arbor 0, agear g on an arbor r andmeshing with the pinion p, a pinion s on said arbor 1', a gear 25 onanother arbor u, and a pinion c on said arbor u and meshing with thegear 70.

w designates a rock-shaft which is journaled at some suitable point onthe frame a. At one end this shaft carries a crank 09, and at the otherend it carries a lever y, which projects into the path of movement ofand is adapted to be engaged by the cam or camsf on the shaft 0.

2 denotes another rock-shaft, which is journaled in brackets Z on theframe a. On this shaft and suspended therefrom is a detent device 2,whose lower end 3 is turned off at right angles toward the disk, itspoint being adapted to engage the notch or notches e in said disk tohold the shaft 0 against rotation. The detent device carries an arm 4:,extending at right angles and horizontally therefrom, which when thepoint of said detent device is in one of the notches 71 projects intothe path of the fan a. Said detent device also carries anotherhorizontal and longer arm 5 at its upper end, said arm having its freeend 6 turned off at right angles. (See Fig. 4.)

In brackets 7 on the frame a is journaled still another rock-shaft 8.This rock-shaft carries a support 9, one end of which sustains atroughor runway 10, having at one end a discharge-opening 11. The other end ofthe support carries a spindle 12, on which is arranged a weight 13,which has a threaded engagement with the spindle, being thus adjustablymounted thereon.

14 is a set-screw carried by the Weight for fixing it at the point towhich it is adjusted. The Weight-carrying end of the support 9 extendsunder and is adapted to engage the extremity 6 of the arm 5.

In the frame a is arranged an inclined chute 15, whose upper end extendsunder the discharge-opening 11 of the trough 10 and Whose lower enddischarges into a suitable till 16 or other coin-receiving receptacle.

The lever w being connected up with the valve or other controller of thecontainer for the liquid or other material to be dispensed, upondropping a coin 17 into the trough or runway 10, the weight 13 beingproperly adjusted, said trough will, under the weight of the coinassumethe inclined position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, whereuponthe coin will roll out of the trough into the chute 15, to be dischargedtherefrom into the till 16. When the trough is thus lowered, theweight-carryin g end of the support 9 is elevated, engaging the arm 5 ofthe detent device 2, the consequence being to rock the shaft .2 and movethe detent out of engagement with the disk d. Thereupon the shaft 0being thus released the motor rotates it, causing one of the camsf toengage the levery and efiect, through the shaft u), the crank 00, andthe connections between said crank and the valve or other part to beoperated, the actuation of said part. Meantime the coin having beendischarged from the trough 10 the latter is elevated, thus permittingthe point of the detent device to wipe on the periphery of the diskready to reengage the notch in said disk. When the point of the detentdevice falls into the notch, the arm 4: is projected into the path ofthe fan, to thus bring said fan to an abrupt stop simultaneously withthe stopping of the rest of the mechanism. Since the detent deviceis'quite elongated, and thus depends considerably below its fu1crum,andalso since the arm 5 projects quitea distance as Well from the saidfulcrum, the action of gravity is well utilized to normally maintain thepoint of the turned-01f end 3 of the detent device in contact with thedisk, so that proper engagement of said point with either of the notchesin the disk is always insured whenever they coincide.

It will be understood that the number of camsfand notches e in the diskcl may be increased or decreased, as desired; also, that any other motorthanthat shown may be employed.

Ido not wish to be limited to the exact construction herein shown anddescribed; but

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is w 1. Ina coin-controlled apparatus, the combination, With the frame, of arotary part journaled in said frame, a motor operatively connected tosaid rotary part, a cam carried by said rotary part, a notched disk alsocarried by said rotary part, a lever structure fulcrumed in said frame,projecting into the path of movement of said cam ,-and adapted to beconnected to the valve or other part to be operated, a rock-shaftjournaled in said frame, an elongated detent device fixed to andsuspended from said rock-shaft and having its lower end adapted toengage said notched disk to hold said rotary part against movement bythe motor, an elongated arm projecting substantially horizontally fromthe upper or pivotal end of said detent device, a fulcrumedcoin-actuated part movable into engagement with said arm to actuate thedetent device, a governor, gearing connecting said governor and themotor, and another arm projecting substantially horizontally from saiddetent device and adapted to engage said governor to stop the same,substantially as described.

2. In a coin-controlled apparatus, the combination, with thesubstantially rectangular main frame, of another frame suspended in saidmain frame, a rotary part journaled in said last-named frame, a motoroperatively connected to said rotary part and also arranged in saidlast-named frame, a cam carried by said rotary part, a notched disk alsocarried by said rotary part, a lever structure fulcrumed in said mainframe, projecting into the path of movement of said cam, and adapted tobe connected to the valve or other part to be operated, a detent devicefulcrumed in said main frame and adapted to engage said notched disk tohold said rotary part against movement by the motor, a coinactuated partalso fulcrumed in said main frame and movable into engagement with saiddetent device to actuate the same, a weight carried by saidcoin-actuated part, a governor also journaled in said last-named frame,gearing connecting said governor and the motor, and a stop carried bysaid detent device and adapted to engage said governor to stop the same,substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this30th day of April, 1901.

JOSEPH O. NIGHTINGALE.

Witnesses:

JOHN W. STEWARD, ROBERT J. PoLLrrT.

